Outcomes in patients taking DOACs and matched patients
| Patients taking DOACs | Matched patients | Difference, OR (95% CI) | P values | ||
| Admission to operation interval | Median (range) | 19 hours (7–64) | 19 hours (3–44) | −0.9 (−2.4 to 3.3) | 0.3* |
| Perioperative change in haemoglobin concentration | Mean (range) | 23 g/L (0–49) | 23 g/L (1–47) | −0.2 (−4.6 to 4.2) | 0.9† |
| Blood transfusion | Count (%) | 11 (18) | 6 (10) | 0.5 (0.1 to 1.6) | 0.3‡ |
| Reoperation for wound complication | Count (%) | 3 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0 to 2.4) | 0.2‡ |
| 30-Day mortality | Count (%) | 1 (2) | 5 (8) | 5.0 (0.6 to 236) | 0.2‡ |
*Bias-corrected and accelerated bootstrap CI for difference between paired medians and paired Wilcoxon test.
†Normal CI and paired t-test.
‡Exact McNemar CI and test.
DOACs, direct oral anticoagulants.